eddyramrod Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 On 9/17/2020 at 12:38 AM, Spottedlaurel said: Yellow GTO - Two Lane Blacktop? Exactly! Well done :) You can actually get the 55 Chevy, both in primer grey for TLB and in black for American Graffiti (same car, as I'm sure you know), but they are thin on the ground, and the prices.... eek! On 9/17/2020 at 12:35 AM, Datsuncog said: That's neat work: normally when I use a junior hacksaw it looks rather more like I've used my teeth... Looking forward to seeing how this one pans out! Amazing that so many many toymakers produced a 740/760, but always in saloon format... Thank you. I actually thought it wasn't my best work, and put it down to getting old, and working in a scale I've more or less abandoned for that reason. With regard to the 7-series saloons... notice that every 240 model was the estate! If this goes well I might look for a 240 with no tailgate, and damaged glass, to make into a saloon... Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 9 hours ago, flat4alfa said: Surreal. I was pondering doing this I had this kit No idea what happened to it but the decal sheet still comes in handy occasionally flat4alfa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 8 hours ago, MarvinsMom said: i'm sure that you won't find it hard to re-home the Corvair on here, if you decide you do not want it..... 7 hours ago, bunglebus said: I have the Corvair, but the other two I don't. Really like the Caddy! The Rambler I'd like to keep but the Corvair and Cad can move on if you fancy them. 7.50 for the Cadillac, fiver for the Corvair. (I gave twenty for the three) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Sounds good - I've still got some cars here for you from a few weeks ago anyway Amishtat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 2 hours ago, eddyramrod said: If this goes well I might look for a 240 with no tailgate, and damaged glass, to make into a saloon... Quite often Corgi versions of the 245 missing a tailgate crop up in the market tat boxes... Let me know if that's an avenue you're thinking of going down! I may be able to furnish a suitable donor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 13 hours ago, eddyramrod said: I decided the nearest thing to natural bedfellows was having two Pontiacs together. TA is a 79, for the second film, rather than the prettier 77 from the first, because, well, have you seen the price of a 77? The second film used the MY 1980 turbo. Did they sell that '79 as a Bandit II car? I thought they sold it as the Kill Bill car? Different wheels, extra detailing on arch lips, etc, [Not that it really matters] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 3 hours ago, flat4alfa said: The second film used the MY 1980 turbo. Did they sell that '79 as a Bandit II car? I thought they sold it as the Kill Bill car? Different wheels, extra detailing on arch lips, etc, [Not that it really matters] To be honest I don't know. This one was just listed as "a black Firebird" and was close enough for me. Likewise my Christine was just "a red Plymouth" and again , was good enough. I actually hadn't spotted the differences in the Kill Bill car! flat4alfa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Have to check if they used a 57 or a 58 Plymouth for the Christine model - supposed to be a 58 but you can spot 57's in the film - lower grille under the bumper is the biggest clue. This is a 57 with single headlights but twin bezels This is a 58 (in the proper Fury colour for that year) The tail lights are different too but harder to spot BL Bloke, MarvinsMom, eddyramrod and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Anyway - felt well enough to venture out today, nothing of interest in the charity shop or Asda but had a delivery of mostly Majorettes awaiting my return First up, dodgy coloured but complete Maharadja Next, Saab turbo which seems to be quite uncommon. Also has some toot on the parcel shelf Cat decided to investigate at this point 911 does not have the sticky out wheels often seen on this casting But the TR7 does Larger 1:35 scale Toyota was a new one on me Came with this Renault which doesn't float my boat Lastly, Impy Road Masters Imperial with a bit of unwanted pink customisation most of which came off AndyW201, warch, Sudsprint and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 In the book, Christine is a 1958 four-door sedan Plymouth 'Fury' in red But in reality it would have been a Belvedere not a Fury, if a four-door sedan body. Fury were only two-door hardtop body in Sandstone White, as shown above MarvinsMom and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 1 hour ago, flat4alfa said: In the book, Christine is a 1958 four-door sedan Plymouth 'Fury' in red But in reality it would have been a Belvedere not a Fury, if a four-door sedan body. Steven King referred to Christine as a Fury, so two-door - but also mentions her having rear doors at one point in the book. Presumably he goofed about the doors and used artistic licence about the colour. He made a good choice though, they don't look half as menacing if they're not red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Anyway back to arrivals - Speed Kings Lightning completes this set AndyW201 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 5 hours ago, bunglebus said: Steven King referred to Christine as a Fury, so two-door - but also mentions her having rear doors at one point in the book. Presumably he goofed about the doors and used artistic licence about the colour. He made a good choice though, they don't look half as menacing if they're not red. Yes it mentions the hitch hiker opening a rear door to get in. So, it could have been a four-door hardtop after all and not necessarily the sedan body The goofing is likely because Stephen King apparently started writing the book in the middle. When he first started writing Christine, she was going to be a Bel Air. So Christine would have looked more like this (but 'Bel Air' doesn't sound half as menacing either!) Definitely is a MY 1958 though: 'Hurt my back in the spring of '57,' he said. 'Army was going to rack and ruin even then. I got out just in time. I came on back to Libertyville. Looked over the rolling iron. I took my time. Then I walked into Norman Cobb's Plymouth dealership - where the bowling alley is now on outer Main Street - and I ordered this here car. I said you get it in red and white, next year's model. Red as a fire-engine on the inside. And they did.' Christine is not played by a Fury in the film after all, as it and its stunt car doubles were played by Belvederes and Savoys in Autumn Red (18 of them!), and for close up shots given the 150mph speedo and Fury trim items. Fury was too rare a model by 1983, a limited edition performance model at that, being the most expensive Plymouth that year with a total production of 5,303 bunglebus, andrew e, Datsuncog and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 "My asshole brother bought her back in September '57. That's when you got your new model year, in September. Brand-new, she was. She had the smell of a brand-new car. That's just about the finest smell in the world..." MarvinsMom and flat4alfa 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 37 minutes ago, bunglebus said: That's just about the finest smell in the world..." ...aww you stopped there! Go on, what's the next line? ? Amishtat and bunglebus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 1 hour ago, flat4alfa said: The goofing is likely because Stephen King apparently started writing the book in the middle. It's possibly also relevant that King wrote 'Christine' during a phase of his life when he'd developed quite a significant alcohol dependency - so maybe there were times when the model spec escaped him, rather. In his part-memoir, On Writing, he recalls wryly that he hadn't even noticed that he'd switched the novel's narrator two-thirds of the way through, until someone happened to mention it to him about ten yesr later... it starts off as a story being told by Dennis, then wanders off into an omniscient third-person narrator after Dennis is hospitalised, before cutting back to Dennis again for the epilogue. Great book, though like most Stephen King novels, it's best read when you're about 14 - and the film adaptation wasn't quite up to snuff... Amishtat and flat4alfa 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Tat Friday ex @Datsuncog Monteverdi Hai has donated its doors to an otherwise good but door less model. Datsuncog and Sudsprint 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Datsuncog said: It's possibly also relevant that King wrote 'Christine' during a phase of his life when he'd developed quite a significant alcohol dependency - so maybe there were times when the model spec escaped him, rather. In his part-memoir, On Writing, he recalls wryly that he hadn't even noticed that he'd switched the novel's narrator two-thirds of the way through, until someone happened to mention it to him about ten yesr later... it starts off as a story being told by Dennis, then wanders off into an omniscient third-person narrator after Dennis is hospitalised, before cutting back to Dennis again for the epilogue. Great book, though like most Stephen King novels, it's best read when you're about 14 - and the film adaptation wasn't quite up to snuff... I'd never noticed that - the first SK novel I read (at younger than 14 by a few years) having been bought it after seeing part of the film somehow. Both quite surprising when I look back as I wasn't usually allowed access to "adult" material! It was all about the car for me, although it did lead me to be a lifelong reader of his books. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antony denman Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 tat thursday renault was a abslute pain all after market parts dident fit,had trim windscreen down,bend front bumper in the middle to fit,blue tac back grill in,it was nightmare,capri was easy in two minds to matt black bonnet,.detail both off them, MarvinsMom, Sudsprint, flat4alfa and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Yellow suits them! sheffcortinacentre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Next line is "except for pussy" eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 I've had some of mine in the caustic bath today. It's removed the Humbrol but not the original paint. Have to give them another soak. One thing I did do today was grind the cast-in lettering off the Ecurie Ecosse transporter using my not -a -Dremel. Some more soaking over the weekend and they should be ready for primer on Monday. bunglebus and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 aw rite you slaaag your nicked! oops i did it again had one as a set with a rangey & hughes 500 chopper that got "modified" to non polis then presumably binned by the mother some time later AndyW201, bunglebus, Sudsprint and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 2 hours ago, antony denman said: tat thursday renault was a absolute pain all after market parts didn't fit, Capri was easy in two minds to matt black bonnet Yes to the black bonnet I reckon - where were the parts from? Awaiting a Steve Flowers order myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 17 hours ago, bunglebus said: I'd never noticed that - the first SK novel I read (at younger than 14 by a few years) having been bought it after seeing part of the film somehow. Both quite surprising when I look back as I wasn't usually allowed access to "adult" material! It was all about the car for me, although it did lead me to be a lifelong reader of his books. I didn't notice the narrative disjoint at the time either... though the first I'd ever heard of Christine was an article in a dog-eared copy of Classic American magazine which, bizarrely, had been something of a fixture in my optician's waiting room since I was about ten... Every year, before the usual rigmarole with lenses and eyecharts, I'd eagerly flick to the same segment about the restoration of one of the many cars used in the film, incorporating tantalising stills from the movie... I was pretty devastated when the optician retired and the practice became an identikit chain, and presumably the classic copy of Classic American from 1989 (I think) was binned in the transition... I managed to find a secondhand copy of the novel AND a Dinky Plymouth Plaza taxi at the same jumble sale when I was 13 or 14, which seemed fairly serendipitous - I'd started reading Stephen King and James Herbert stuff a year or two earlier, and devoured anything I could find from either of them. I don't think I saw the film until I was nearly 20 though, catching it late on ITV one night. For schlocky fun, it's hard to beat... and now I'm getting a craving for a miniature replica... 15 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said: Next line is "except for pussy" Very true. Remspoor and bunglebus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antony denman Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 6 hours ago, bunglebus said: Yes to the black bonnet I reckon - where were the parts from? Awaiting a Steve Flowers order myself off ebay model supplies.diddyoo0.ame3000.also ordered off facebook bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antony denman Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 8 hours ago, eddyramrod said: Yellow suits them! cheers eddie last off it,just had enougth in can do both cars,looking in to modeling air brush kit,but just easy with rattle cans. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 6 hours ago, Datsuncog said: Now I'm getting a craving for a miniature replica... Modelmatic just got in some Christine replicas, but I think I'd rather make my own You can get Moochie's Camaro too andrew e, Sudsprint, antony denman and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 The Camaro isn't Moochie's, it belongs to Buddy Repperton. (I couldn't remember his name, I had to look the film up on IMDB!) bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Yes of course! I need to read the book or watch the film again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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